JVp102 English for Teachers A2 - B

(Autumn 2023)

PLAGIARISM WARNING

All assignments MUST be done on your own. No work done by others or via translators will be accepted!

Course requirements

     ●        Attendance (two unexcused absences are allowed) = otherwise, you need to complete the additional tasks (if you negotiated having more absences beforehand). You must find time to do the warm-up activity and presentation in class during the semester!

     ●        Portfolio completion

○     maximum of 70 points

○     You mustn’t have 0 points in any requirement (including the exam).

○     You need at least 45 points to proceed to the exam

➔     otherwise you get an “X”!

Exam

●     maximum of 30 points

●     oral exam = discussing your portfolio and progress (see below)

You need at least 65/100 points to pass.

This is the grading scale:

100-93   A

92-86     B

85-79     C

78-72     D

71-65     E

Portfolio

●     Your portfolio will be uploaded online (a Word document / livebinders.com /...).

●     Submit your portfolio at least 3 days before your selected exam date.

Portfolio tasks::

●     self-assessment and goals (10 p.)

you need to fill in the self-assessment sheet, define your goals and then sum up what have you done during the semester to improve in these goals.

●     reflective notebook (10 p.) – like last semester, you need to do 4 English activities outside of the class and make notes on them using (same format as in the links last year last year)

●     warm-up activity (10 p.) - Prepare an educational activity for your classmates for about 5-10 minutes. The game/activity should develop our language skills as well as your teaching skills. In your portfolio, describe the activity and include the teaching materials, sources, etc. In the portfolio, you shall sum it up, reflect on how it went, what could have been better etc

●     presentation (10 p.) - In the class, give a presentation on an educational topic (you can choose to teach us something from your field of study or inform us on a piece of news from the field of pedagogy etc.) + at the end of your presentation, include 3 questions that the class will discuss afterwards (you should lead the discussion, e.g. first speaking in pairs or groups, then sharing the thought together with the class). In the portfolio, you shall sum it up, reflect on how it went, what could have been better etc

Other tasks outside of portfolio:

●     listening (10 p.) (instructions will be in G-Class)

●     speaking (10 p.) (instructions will be in G-Class)

●     reading (10 p.) (instructions will be in G-Class)

Exam

You will be examined in pairs. You will introduce and discuss your portfolio and your personal progress, e.g.

●     what activities you did/didn’t enjoy

●     which tasks were easy/challenging for you

●     what skills you improved and how (Have you achieved your goals?)

●     what methods of learning a language work best for you and why

●     what your next goals are and how you want to achieve them

how the course inspired/enriched your own teaching methods